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RobHood
Posted : Monday, May 14, 2018 4:59:38 PM
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Hi there,

I'm attempting to create a scan condition where as the two moving averages I select are of the same value.

For example, if using the 10-day exponential moving average & the 20-day simple moving average, I'm attempting to locate stocks that have the same equal value for both moving averages.  It doesn't matter what the actual value is as along as it is equal.

Greater than, less than, crossing up, crossing down, etc doesn't help in this scenario...

Any suggestions or insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you

Bruce_L
Posted : Monday, May 14, 2018 5:04:09 PM


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A 10 day exponential moving average is pretty much never going to be exactly equal to a 20 day simple moving average.

XAVGC10 = AVGC20

But you could check for the moving average to be within say $0.001 of each other.

ABS(XAVGC10 - AVGC20) <= .001

Or within say 0.1% of each other.

ABS(XAVGC10 / AVGC20 - 1) <= .001

You can adjust the .001 in either the second or third formula to adjust the net or percent difference allowed.



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RobHood
Posted : Monday, May 14, 2018 5:15:58 PM
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Can i somehow use the Boolean formula v = w when comparing any two moving averages that I select?

Bruce_L
Posted : Monday, May 14, 2018 5:50:38 PM


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That is the first formula given in my previous response. It just isn't going to find many results (if any) because those moving averages really are going to almost never exactly equal.

The test window might round off to two digits after the decimal marker, but the actual comparison is going to use about seven significant digits.

If you want to round to the nearest penny, you could use something like the following.

(100 * XAVGC10) \ 1 = (100 * AVGC20) \ 1

Note the \ is for integer divide and not the / for normal division.



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RobHood
Posted : Tuesday, May 15, 2018 11:08:02 AM
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Thank you for your help!  I'm going to search for some videos on the topic to get better accustomed.

Even though it is rare, on occasion this will present itself in the moving averages you choose.  So just because it does manifest now, it may in the future.  Does the formula written recognizes that and produce only when conditions are meet OR are you stating that those moving averages are going to almost never exactly equal?

Bruce_L
Posted : Tuesday, May 15, 2018 11:11:46 AM


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Those moving averages are almost never exactly equal (in fact, if the computer thought they were exactly equal it would most likely be due to rounding and the computer only using seven significant digits).

If you were comparing shorter simple moving averages it would be far more likely to happen.



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RobHood
Posted : Tuesday, May 15, 2018 11:27:19 AM
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You're so on point...I have found single day moving averages have a better chance of mirroring each other.

Great insight!

Quiktdr
Posted : Monday, June 18, 2018 7:37:36 AM
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I am looking  to scan stocks that are > = the XAVGC10 by at leat 20%

 

This is my attempt   C>= XAVGC10*1.20   is this correct?

 

Thank you in advance!

StockGuy
Posted : Monday, June 18, 2018 10:31:44 AM

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You can drop the trailing zero, but yes, the formula is correct.

Quiktdr
Posted : Monday, June 18, 2018 10:32:12 AM
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Was this lost in cyberspace?

 

I am looking  to scan stocks that are > = the XAVGC10 by at leat 20%

 

This is my attempt   C>= XAVGC10*1.20   is this correct?

 

Thank you in advance!

Bruce_L
Posted : Monday, June 18, 2018 10:34:22 AM


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Yes, your formula should work fine.



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Quiktdr
Posted : Monday, June 18, 2018 10:43:40 AM
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Ok thank you

 

Bruce_L
Posted : Monday, June 18, 2018 10:50:03 AM


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You're welcome.



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